Hi Ivan,
JDK 1.4 has a Preferences API which is designed to handle the sort
of thing that you want. It is easy to implement and handles all storage &
retrieval for you.
Regards,
Fintan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Bradac [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 02 September 2002 08:04
> To: JDJList
> Subject: [jdjlist] Serialization x XMLization
>
> Hi all
>
> We are developing a desktop application. It is necessary to set up a
> system of storing the user's workspace settings. I think there are two
> standard options how to do this:
>
> 1. Serialization
> 2 . Store the settings in an XML file or a set of XML files.
>
> I wonder which of theses approaches suites better. As of now, I can think
> of the following pros and cons :
>
> Serialization:
> pros: easy to implement, it is built in java, java objects directly are
> stored
> cons: the stored streams are not human readable, there may be problems
> with versions of the serialized classes. Only a java application can read
> this data.
>
> XML filesystems:
> pros: Human readable and editable, a standard way of storing data, not
> dependent on the programming language
> cons: requires more work at the implementation, at least at the beginning
>
> Right now I am more in favor od the XML filesystems solution. Does anybody
> have any opinion ar experience with this topic?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ivan
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